RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon
it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from
ships,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MEPC.19(22), by which it adopted the
International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous
Chemicals in Bulk (the IBC Code), and
resolution MEPC.16(22), by which the IBC Code has become
mandatory under Annex II of the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified
by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL),
RECALLING FURTHER article 16 of MARPOL and regulation 1.4 of MARPOL Annex II concerning the procedure for
considering amendments to the IBC Code for adoption by
the Parties,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-eighth session, proposed amendments to the IBC Code
concerning watertight doors,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of MARPOL, amendments to the IBC Code, the text of
which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of MARPOL, that the amendments to the
IBC
Code shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 January 2024 unless, prior to
that date, not less than one-third of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant
fleets of which constitute not less than 50 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's
merchant fleet have communicated to the Organization their objection to the
amendments;
3 INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of MARPOL, the amendments to the IBC Code
shall enter into force on 1 July 2024 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article 16(2)(e) of MARPOL, to transmit certified copies of the
present resolution and the text of the amendments to the IBC Code contained in
the annex to all parties to MARPOL;
5 ALSO REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the present resolution and
its annex to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.